the Israeli Cabinet decision to expel Palestinian President YasserIMEMC & Agencies, September 13, 2003 9:47 The UN Security Council warned Israel Friday against implementing the Israeli Cabinet decision to expel Commitment to and support for the people and the state of Israel. WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden on Thursday hailed the cease-fire in the fighting between Israel and Hamas, saying he sees a genuine opportunity toward the larger goal of building a lasting peace in the Middle East. Took over Gorbachev's position of president in Russia. JERUSALEM Israel's cabinet narrowly approved a U.S.-backed Middle East peace plan Sunday, accepting for the first time a timetable for the creation of an independent Palestinian state in the . 30, 2003), . "Tomorrow's meeting between the prime minister of Palestine and the prime minister of Israel will really show whether the two parties are committed, and if they are, they should put [forth] a schedule for a start of that immediate cease-fire," Sha'ath said. The Israeli Cabinet's 12-7 vote, with four abstentions, marked the first time an Israeli government has formally accepted the principle of a Palestinian state. The Israel Cabinet accepted today in ##ple, but raised substantive issues about the plan worked out by special Presidential envoy Phili Habib for the departure from west Beirut of some 6,000 . Theres no need to force them to engage in something theyre not comfortable with. Even with this change, little progress was made toward Palestinian statehood; some Israelis didn't want to give up occupied territories for Palestinian state, while some Palestinians continued terrorist attacks & didn't accept state of Israel; new sign of progress emerged in 2003 when Israeli cabinet formally accepted principle of a Palestinian . Twenty-Eight. there are ministers who estimated that if the principle claiming that policy cannot be implemented without legislation will . host = host.toLowerCase();